The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0095HCCGE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 461 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
An interesting story but a slow read Interesting story, poorly told.Cliff Stoll is an exceptionally bright guy and one of the very first to go to work as a white hat hacker, trying to foil a European hacker using Cliff's systems at Berkeley to break into US military networks. The concept and the actual story are great-- what's not so great is the pacing and the digressions he takes trying to make what would be a very quickly told spy story into a novel. He never quite seems to know why he's shoehorning meaningless vignettes about his personal life and his "hippy" lifest. "High intrigue!" according to Terry Zechman. I'm not much of a book reader, but this was a real page turner! I was there back in the High intrigue! I'm not much of a book reader, but this was a real page turner! I was there back in the 300 baud modem days and can really identify what the author had to go through to track down this attacker during this time. Still in computer business today, I can't imagine calling a company or university and actually getting through to THE admin and freely sharing information about vulnerabilities in their systems. What's real interesting is that the attack methodology really hasn't changed much over the past 3 decades. The technology has evolve. 00 baud modem days and can really identify what the author had to go through to track down this attacker during this time. Still in computer business today, I can't imagine calling a company or university and actually getting through to THE admin and freely sharing information about vulnerabilities in their systems. What's real interesting is that the attack methodology really hasn't changed much over the past High intrigue! I'm not much of a book reader, but this was a real page turner! I was there back in the 300 baud modem days and can really identify what the author had to go through to track down this attacker during this time. Still in computer business today, I can't imagine calling a company or university and actually getting through to THE admin and freely sharing information about vulnerabilities in their systems. What's real interesting is that the attack methodology really hasn't changed much over the past 3 decades. The technology has evolve. decades. The technology has evolve. Hasn't lost any luster Cybele Bell I reread this after reading sometime in the 90's after hearing about it. I loved it then, and it hasn't lost any luster. The guy is a great storyteller, and all of it was gripping. The ending was disappointing, but it was a real life ending, and engaging for the fact it was disappointing for the writer. I read 2 other hacker books Ghost in the Wires and Kingpin, and they all seemed equally good. This author Clifford seemed a bit better and more personable writer, if the real ending is not as satisfactory.